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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1009 

To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System 

of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 20, 2015 

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the 

Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty 

treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 TITLE I—EXTENSION OF AFRI4 CAN GROWTH AND OPPOR5 TUNITY ACT 

6 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘AGOA Extension and 

8 Enhancement Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Since its enactment, the African Growth 

4 and Opportunity Act has been the centerpiece of 

5 trade relations between the United States and sub6 Saharan Africa and has enhanced trade, investment, 

7 job creation, and democratic institutions throughout 

8 Africa. 

9 (2) Trade and investment, as facilitated by the 

10 African Growth and Opportunity Act, promote eco11 nomic growth, development, poverty reduction, de12 mocracy, the rule of law, and stability in sub-Saha13 ran Africa. 

14 (3) Trade between the United States and sub15 Saharan Africa has more than tripled since the en16 actment of the African Growth and Opportunity Act 

17 in 2000, and United States direct investment in sub18 Saharan Africa has grown almost six-fold. 

19 (4) It is in the interest of the United States to 

20 engage and compete in emerging markets in sub-Sa21 haran African countries, to boost trade and invest22 ment between the United States and sub-Saharan 

23 African countries, and to renew and strengthen the 

24 African Growth and Opportunity Act. 

25 (5) The long-term economic security of the 

26 United States is enhanced by strong economic and 


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1 political ties with the fastest-growing economies in 

2 the world, many of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. 

3 (6) It is a goal of the United States to further 

4 integrate sub-Saharan African countries into the 

5 global economy, stimulate economic development in 

6 Africa, and diversify sources of growth in sub-Saha7 ran Africa. 

8 (7) To that end, implementation of the Agree9 ment on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Or10 ganization would strengthen regional integration ef11 forts in sub-Saharan Africa and contribute to eco12 nomic growth in the region. 

13 (8) The elimination of barriers to trade and in14 vestment in sub-Saharan Africa, including high tar15 iffs, forced localization requirements, restrictions on 

16 investment, and customs barriers, will create oppor17 tunities for workers, businesses, farmers, and ranch18 ers in the United States and sub-Saharan African 

19 countries. 

20 (9) The elimination of such barriers will im21 prove utilization of the African Growth and Oppor22 tunity Act and strengthen regional and global inte23 gration, accelerate economic growth in sub-Saharan 

24 Africa, and enhance the trade relationship between 

25 the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. 


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1 SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPOR2 TUNITY ACT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506B of the Trade Act 

4 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep5 tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 

6 (b) AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 112(g) of the Afri8 can Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 

9 3721(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

10 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 

11 (2) EXTENSION OF REGIONAL APPAREL ARTI12 CLE PROGRAM.—Section 112(b)(3)(A) of the African 

13 Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 

14 3721(b)(3)(A)) is amended— 

15 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘11 suc16 ceeding’’ and inserting ‘‘21 succeeding’’; and 

17 (B) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘Sep18 tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

19 2025’’. 

20 (3) EXTENSION OF THIRD-COUNTRY FABRIC

21 PROGRAM.—Section 112(c)(1) of the African Growth 

22 and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(c)(1)) is 

23 amended— 

24 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

25 ‘‘SEPTEMBER 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘SEP26 TEMBER 30, 2025’’; 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Sep2 tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

3 2025’’; and 

4 (C) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 

5 ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep6 tember 30, 2025’’. 

7 SEC. 104. MODIFICATIONS OF RULES OF ORIGIN FOR DUTY8 FREE TREATMENT FOR ARTICLES OF BENE9 FICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES 

10 UNDER GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF11 ERENCES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506A(b)(2) of the Trade 

13 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a(b)(2)) is amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

15 the end; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

17 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(C) the direct costs of processing oper20 ations performed in one or more such bene21 ficiary sub-Saharan African countries or former 

22 beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries shall 

23 be applied in determining such percentage.’’. 

24 (b) APPLICABILITY TO ARTICLES RECEIVING DUTY25 FREE TREATMENT UNDER TITLE V OF TRADE ACT OF


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1 1974.—Section 506A(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 

2 U.S.C. 2466a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

3 following: 

4 ‘‘(3) RULES OF ORIGIN UNDER THIS TITLE.— 

5 The exceptions set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B), 

6 and (C) of paragraph (2) shall also apply to any ar7 ticle described in section 503(a)(1) that is the 

8 growth, product, or manufacture of a beneficiary 

9 sub-Saharan African country for purposes of any de10 termination to provide duty-free treatment with re11 spect to such article.’’. 

12 (c) MODIFICATIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF

13 SCHEDULE.—The President may proclaim such modifica14 tions as may be necessary to the Harmonized Tariff 

15 Schedule of the United States (HTS) to add the special 

16 tariff treatment symbol ‘‘D’’ in the ‘‘Special’’ subcolumn 

17 of the HTS for each article classified under a heading or 

18 subheading with the special tariff treatment symbol ‘‘A’’ 

19 or ‘‘A*’’ in the ‘‘Special’’ subcolumn of the HTS. 

20 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 subsections (a) and (b) take effect on the date of the en22 actment of this Act and apply with respect to any article 

23 described in section 503(b)(1)(B) through (G) of the 

24 Trade Act of 1974 that is the growth, product, or manu25 facture of a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country and 


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1 that is imported into the customs territory of the United 

2 States on or after the date that is 30 days after such date 

3 of enactment. 

4 SEC. 105. MONITORING AND REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY 

5 UNDER GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF6 ERENCES. 

7 (a) CONTINUING COMPLIANCE.—Section 506A(a)(3) 

8 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(3)) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘If the President’’ and inserting 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the President’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—The President may 

15 not terminate the designation of a country as a 

16 beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under 

17 subparagraph (A) unless, at least 60 days be18 fore the termination of such designation, the 

19 President notifies Congress and notifies the 

20 country of the President’s intention to termi21 nate such designation, together with the consid22 erations entering into the decision to terminate 

23 such designation.’’. 


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1 (b) WITHDRAWAL, SUSPENSION, OR LIMITATION OF

2 PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.—Section 506A of 

3 the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub5 section (d); and 

6 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(c) WITHDRAWAL, SUSPENSION, OR LIMITATION OF

9 PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may with11 draw, suspend, or limit the application of duty-free 

12 treatment provided for any article described in sub13 section (b)(1) of this section or section 112 of the 

14 African Growth and Opportunity Act with respect to 

15 a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country if the 

16 President determines that withdrawing, suspending, 

17 or limiting such duty-free treatment would be more 

18 effective in promoting compliance by the country 

19 with the requirements described in subsection (a)(1) 

20 than terminating the designation of the country as 

21 a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for pur22 poses of this section. 

23 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—The President may not 

24 withdraw, suspend, or limit the application of duty25 free treatment under paragraph (1) unless, at least 


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1 60 days before such withdrawal, suspension, or limi2 tation, the President notifies Congress and notifies 

3 the country of the President’s intention to withdraw, 

4 suspend, or limit such duty-free treatment, together 

5 with the considerations entering into the decision to 

6 terminate such designation.’’. 

7 (c) REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ELIGIBILITY

8 REQUIREMENTS.—Section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 

9 (19 U.S.C. 2466a), as so amended, is further amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub11 section (e); and 

12 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(d) REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ELIGI15 BILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 

17 (a)(2), the President shall publish annually in the 

18 Federal Register a notice of review and request for 

19 public comments on whether beneficiary sub-Saha20 ran African countries are meeting the eligibility re21 quirements set forth in section 104 of the African 

22 Growth and Opportunity Act and the eligibility cri23 teria set forth in section 502 of this Act. 

24 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC HEARING.—The United States 

25 Trade Representative shall, not later than 30 days 


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1 after the date on which the President publishes the 

2 notice of review and request for public comments 

3 under paragraph (1)— 

4 ‘‘(A) hold a public hearing on such review 

5 and request for public comments; and 

6 ‘‘(B) publish in the Federal Register, be7 fore such hearing is held, notice of— 

8 ‘‘(i) the time and place of such hear9 ing; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the time and place at which such 

11 public comments will be accepted. 

12 ‘‘(3) PETITION PROCESS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 

14 days after the date of the enactment of this 

15 subsection, the President shall establish a proc16 ess to allow any interested person, at any time, 

17 to file a petition with the Office of the United 

18 States Trade Representative with respect to the 

19 compliance of any country listed in section 107 

20 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act 

21 with the eligibility requirements set forth in sec22 tion 104 of such Act and the eligibility criteria 

23 set forth in section 502 of this Act. 

24 ‘‘(B) USE OF PETITIONS.—The President 

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1 ant to subparagraph (A) in making determina2 tions of compliance under subsections (a)(3)(A) 

3 and (c) and in preparing any reports required 

4 by this title as such reports apply with respect 

5 to beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. 

6 ‘‘(4) OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEWS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President may, at 

8 any time, initiate an out-of-cycle review of 

9 whether a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

10 country is making continual progress in meet11 ing the requirements described in paragraph 

12 (1). The President shall give due consideration 

13 to petitions received under paragraph (3) in de14 termining whether to initiate an out-of-cycle re15 view under this subparagraph. 

16 ‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 

17 Before initiating an out-of-cycle review under 

18 subparagraph (A), the President shall notify 

19 and consult with Congress. 

20 ‘‘(C) CONSEQUENCES OF REVIEW.—If, 

21 pursuant to an out-of-cycle review conducted 

22 under subparagraph (A), the President deter23 mines that a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

24 country does not meet the requirements set 

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1 and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703(a)), the 

2 President shall, subject to the requirements of 

3 subsections (a)(3)(B) and (c)(2), terminate the 

4 designation of the country as a beneficiary sub5 Saharan African country or withdraw, suspend, 

6 or limit the application of duty-free treatment 

7 with respect to articles from the country. 

8 ‘‘(D) REPORTS.—After each out-of-cycle 

9 review conducted under subparagraph (A) with 

10 respect to a country, the President shall submit 

11 to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and 

12 the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

13 House of Representatives a report on the review 

14 and any determination of the President to ter15 minate the designation of the country as a ben16 eficiary sub-Saharan African country or with17 draw, suspend, or limit the application of duty18 free treatment with respect to articles from the 

19 country under subparagraph (C). 

20 ‘‘(E) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Recognizing 

21 that concerns have been raised about the com22 pliance with section 104(a) of the African 

23 Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 

24 3703(a)) of some beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri25 can countries, the President should initiate an 


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1 out-of-cycle review under subparagraph (A) 

2 with respect to South Africa, the most devel3 oped of the beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

4 countries, and other beneficiary countries as ap5 propriate, not later than 30 days after the date 

6 of the enactment of this subsection.’’. 

7 SEC. 106. BIENNIAL AGOA UTILIZATION STRATEGIES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

9 (1) beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries 

10 should develop utilization strategies on a biennial 

11 basis in order to more effectively and strategically 

12 utilize benefits available under the African Growth 

13 and Opportunity Act (in this section referred to as 

14 ‘‘AGOA utilization strategies’’); 

15 (2) United States trade capacity building agen16 cies should work with, and provide appropriate re17 sources to, such sub-Saharan African countries to 

18 assist in developing and implementing biennial 

19 AGOA utilization strategies; and 

20 (3) as appropriate, and to encourage greater re21 gional integration, the United States Trade Rep22 resentative should consider requesting the Regional 

23 Economic Communities to prepare biennial AGOA 

24 utilization strategies. 


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1 (b) CONTENTS.—It is further the sense of Congress 

2 that biennial AGOA utilization strategies should identify 

3 strategic needs and priorities to bolster utilization of bene4 fits available under the African Growth and Opportunity 

5 Act. To that end, biennial AGOA utilization strategies 

6 should— 

7 (1) review potential exports under the African 

8 Growth and Opportunity Act and identify opportuni9 ties and obstacles to increased trade and investment 

10 and enhanced poverty reduction efforts; 

11 (2) identify obstacles to regional integration 

12 that inhibit utilization of benefits under the African 

13 Growth and Opportunity Act; 

14 (3) set out a plan to take advantage of opportu15 nities and address obstacles identified in paragraphs 

16 (1) and (2), improve awareness of the African 

17 Growth and Opportunity Act as a program that en18 hances exports to the United States, and utilize 

19 United States Agency for International Development 

20 regional trade hubs; 

21 (4) set out a strategy to promote small business 

22 and entrepreneurship; and 

23 (5) eliminate obstacles to regional trade and 

24 promote greater utilization of benefits under the Af25 rican Growth and Opportunity Act and establish a 


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1 plan to promote full regional implementation of the 

2 Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade 

3 Organization. 

4 (c) PUBLICATION.—It is further the sense of Con5 gress that— 

6 (1) each beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun7 try should publish on an appropriate Internet 

8 website of such country public versions of its AGOA 

9 utilization strategy; and 

10 (2) the United States Trade Representative 

11 should publish on the Internet website of the Office 

12 of the United States Trade Representative public 

13 versions of all AGOA utilization strategies described 

14 in paragraph (1). 

15 SEC. 107. DEEPENING AND EXPANDING TRADE AND IN16 VESTMENT TIES BETWEEN SUB-SAHARAN AF17 RICA AND THE UNITED STATES. 

18 It is the policy of the United States to continue to— 

19 (1) seek to deepen and expand trade and invest20 ment ties between sub-Saharan Africa and the 

21 United States, including through the negotiation of 

22 accession by sub-Saharan African countries to the 

23 World Trade Organization and the negotiation of 

24 trade and investment framework agreements, bilat25 eral investment treaties, and free trade agreements, 


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1 as such agreements have the potential to catalyze 

2 greater trade and investment, facilitate additional 

3 investment in sub-Saharan Africa, further poverty 

4 reduction efforts, and promote economic growth; 

5 (2) seek to negotiate agreements with individual 

6 sub-Saharan African countries as well as with the 

7 Regional Economic Communities, as appropriate; 

8 (3) promote full implementation of commit9 ments made under the WTO Agreement (as such 

10 term is defined in section 2(9) of the Uruguay 

11 Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(9)) because 

12 such actions are likely to improve utilization of the 

13 African Growth and Opportunity Act and promote 

14 trade and investment and because regular review to 

15 ensure continued compliance helps to maximize the 

16 benefits of the African Growth and Opportunity Act; 

17 and 

18 (4) promote the negotiation of trade agreements 

19 that cover substantially all trade between parties to 

20 such agreements and, if other countries seek to ne21 gotiate trade agreements that do not cover substan22 tially all trade, continue to object in all appropriate 

23 forums. 

24 SEC. 108. REPORTS. 

25 (a) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially 

3 thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a 

4 report on the trade and investment relationship be5 tween the United States and sub-Saharan African 

6 countries and on the implementation of this title and 

7 the amendments made by this title. 

8 (2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 

9 required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol10 lowing: 

11 (A) A description of the status of trade 

12 and investment between the United States and 

13 sub-Saharan Africa, including information on 

14 leading exports to the United States from sub15 Saharan African countries. 

16 (B) Any changes in eligibility of sub-Saha17 ran African countries during the period covered 

18 by the report. 

19 (C) A detailed analysis of whether each 

20 such beneficiary sub-Saharan African country is 

21 continuing to meet the eligibility requirements 

22 set forth in section 104 of the African Growth 

23 and Opportunity Act and the eligibility criteria 

24 set forth in section 502 of the Trade Act of 

25 1974. 


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1 (D) A description of the status of regional 

2 integration efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. 

3 (E) A summary of United States trade ca4 pacity building efforts. 

5 (F) Any other initiatives related to enhanc6 ing the trade and investment relationship be7 tween the United States and sub-Saharan Afri8 can countries. 

9 (b) POTENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REPORT.—Not 

10 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the United States Trade 

12 Representative shall submit to Congress a report that— 

13 (1) identifies sub-Saharan African countries 

14 that have a expressed an interest in entering into a 

15 free trade agreement with the United States; 

16 (2) evaluates the viability and progress of such 

17 sub-Saharan African countries and other sub-Saha18 ran African countries toward entering into a free 

19 trade agreement with the United States; and 

20 (3) describes a plan for negotiating and con21 cluding such agreements, which includes the ele22 ments described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) 

23 of section 116(b)(2) of the African Growth and Op24 portunity Act. 


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1 (c) TERMINATION.—The reporting requirements of 

2 this section shall cease to have any force or effect after 

3 September 30, 2025. 

4 SEC. 109. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

5 Section 104 of the African Growth and Opportunity 

6 Act (19 U.S.C. 3703) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) IN GEN8 ERAL.—’’; and 

9 (2) by striking subsection (b). 

10 SEC. 110. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this title: 

12 (1) BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN

13 COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan Af14 rican country’’ means a beneficiary sub-Saharan Af15 rican country described in subsection (e) of section 

16 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 (as redesignated by 

17 this Act). 

18 (2) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY.—The 

19 term ‘‘sub-Saharan African country’’ has the mean20 ing given the term in section 107 of the African 

21 Growth and Opportunity Act. 


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1 TITLE II—EXTENSION OF GEN2 ERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF3 ERENCES 

4 SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF5 ERENCES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 505 of the Trade Act of 

7 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2465) is amended by striking ‘‘July 31, 

8 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by 

11 subsection (a) shall apply to articles entered on or 

12 after the 30th day after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act. 

14 (2) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN

15 LIQUIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDATIONS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec17 tion 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

18 1514) or any other provision of law and subject 

19 to subparagraph (B), any entry of a covered ar20 ticle to which duty-free treatment or other pref21 erential treatment under title V of the Trade 

22 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) would 

23 have applied if the entry had been made on 

24 July 31, 2013, that was made— 

25 (i) after July 31, 2013, and 


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1 (ii) before the effective date specified 

2 in paragraph (1), 

3 shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though 

4 such entry occurred on the effective date speci5 fied in paragraph (1). 

6 (B) REQUESTS.—A liquidation or reliqui7 dation may be made under subparagraph (A) 

8 with respect to an entry only if a request there9 for is filed with U.S. Customs and Border Pro10 tection not later than 180 days after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act that contains suffi12 cient information to enable U.S. Customs and 

13 Border Protection— 

14 (i) to locate the entry; or 

15 (ii) to reconstruct the entry if it can16 not be located. 

17 (C) PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS OWED.—Any 

18 amounts owed by the United States pursuant to 

19 the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a 

20 covered article under subparagraph (A) shall be 

21 paid, without interest, not later than 90 days 

22 after the date of the liquidation or reliquidation 

23 (as the case may be). 

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1 (A) COVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘cov2 ered article’’ means an article from a country 

3 that is a beneficiary developing country under 

4 title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

5 2461 et seq.) as of the effective date specified 

6 in paragraph (1). 

7 (B) ENTER; ENTRY.—The terms ‘‘enter’’ 

8 and ‘‘entry’’ include a withdrawal from ware9 house for consumption. 

10 SEC. 202. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN COTTON AR11 TICLES AS ELIGIBLE ARTICLES ONLY FOR 

12 LEAST-DEVELOPED BENEFICIARY DEVEL13 OPING COUNTRIES UNDER GENERALIZED 

14 SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. 

15 Section 503(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

16 2463(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(5) CERTAIN COTTON ARTICLES.—Notwith18 standing paragraph (3), the President may designate 

19 as an eligible article or articles under subsection 

20 (a)(1)(B) only for countries designated as least-de21 veloped beneficiary developing countries under sec22 tion 502(a)(2) cotton articles classifiable under sub23 heading 5201.00.18, 5201.00.28, 5201.00.38, 

24 5202.99.30, or 5203.00.30 of the Harmonized Tariff 

25 Schedule of the United States.’’. 


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1 SEC. 203. APPLICATION OF COMPETITIVE NEED LIMITA2 TION AND WAIVER UNDER GENERALIZED 

3 SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO 

4 ARTICLES OF BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING 

5 COUNTRIES EXPORTED TO THE UNITED 

6 STATES DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2014. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of applying and ad8 ministering subsections (c)(2) and (d) of section 503 of 

9 the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) with respect to 

10 an article described in subsection (b) of this section, sub11 sections (c)(2) and (d) of section 503 of such Act shall 

12 be applied and administered by substituting ‘‘October 1’’ 

13 for ‘‘July 1’’ each place such date appears. 

14 (b) ARTICLE DESCRIBED.—An article described in 

15 this subsection is an article of a beneficiary developing 

16 country that is designated by the President as an eligible 

17 article under subsection (a) of section 503 of the Trade 

18 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) and with respect to which 

19 a determination described in subsection (c)(2)(A) of such 

20 section was made with respect to exports (directly or indi21 rectly) to the United States of such eligible article during 

22 calendar year 2014 by the beneficiary developing country. 


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1 TITLE III—EXTENSION OF PREF2 ERENTIAL DUTY TREATMENT 

3 PROGRAM FOR HAITI 

4 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF PREFERENTIAL DUTY TREAT5 MENT PROGRAM FOR HAITI. 

6 Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re7 covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) is amended as follows: 

8 (1) Subsection (b) is amended as follows: 

9 (A) Paragraph (1) is amended— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (B)(v)(I), by 

11 amending item (cc) to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(cc) 60 percent or more 

13 during the 1-year period begin14 ning on December 20, 2017, and 

15 each of the 7 succeeding 1-year 

16 periods.’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

18 (I) in the table, by striking ‘‘11 

19 succeeding 1-year periods’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘16 succeeding 1-year periods’’; 

21 and 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘December 19, 

23 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 19, 

24 2025’’. 

25 (B) Paragraph (2) is amended— 


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1 (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik2 ing ‘‘11 succeeding 1-year periods’’ and in3 serting ‘‘16 succeeding 1-year periods’’; 

4 and 

5 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by strik6 ing ‘‘11 succeeding 1-year periods’’ and in7 serting ‘‘16 succeeding 1-year periods’’. 

8 (2) Subsection (h) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep9 tember 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

10 2025’’. 

11 TITLE IV—OTHER PROVISIONS 

12 SEC. 401. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3)(A) of the 

14 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 

15 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep16 tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘July 7, 2025’’. 

17 (b) RATE FOR MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES.— 

18 Section 503 of the United States–Korea Free Trade 

19 Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112–41; 125 

20 Stat. 460) is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘June 30, 2025’’. 

22 SEC. 402. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED 

23 TAXES. 

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1 of not less than $1,000,000,000 (determined as of the end 

2 of the preceding taxable year)— 

3 (1) the amount of any required installment of 

4 corporate estimated tax which is otherwise due in 

5 July, August, or September of 2020 shall be in6 creased by 5.25 percent of such amount (determined 

7 without regard to any increase in such amount not 

8 contained in such Code); and 

9 (2) the amount of the next required installment 

10 after an installment referred to in paragraph (1) 

11 shall be appropriately reduced to reflect the amount 

12 of the increase by reason of such paragraph. 

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